SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:24
Si Quemos tu dios te echase alguno, ¿no lo poseerías tú? Así, poseeremos nosotros a todo aquel que echó el SEÑOR nuestro Dios de delante de nosotros.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess ? etc.] Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, (see Numbers 21:29), which has led some to think, that the present king of Ammon was also king of Moab, and who insisted on that part of the country, which formerly belonged to Moab, to be delivered to him, as well as that which had belonged to Ammon. Now since the land, which they now inhabited, as well as what they had lost, they had taken away from others, ( Deuteronomy 2:10,11,20,21), having conquered them, and which they ascribed to the help and assistance they had from their idol, and possessed as his gift; Jephthah argues with them “ad hominem”, from the less to the greater: so whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess ; we have surely as good a claim to what the Lord our God gives to us in a way of conquest, as you have, or can think you have, to what your idol, as you suppose, has given you: however, what we have got, or get this way, we are determined to possess, and keep possession of.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-28 - One instance of the honour and respect we owe to God, as our God, is rightly to employ what he gives us to possess. Receive it from him, us it for him, and part with it when he calls for it. The whole of thi message shows that Jephthah was well acquainted with the books of Moses. His argument was clear, and his demand reasonable. Those wh possess the most courageous faith, will be the most disposed for peace and the readiest to make advances to obtain; but rapacity and ambitio often cloak their designs under a plea of equity, and render peacefu endeavours of no avail.
Original Hebrew
הלא 3808 את 853 אשׁר 834 יורישׁך 3423 כמושׁ 3645 אלהיך 430 אותו 853 תירשׁ 3423 ואת 853 כל 3605 אשׁר 834 הורישׁ 3423 יהוה 3068 אלהינו 430 מפנינו 6440 אותו 853 נירשׁ׃ 3423
